Nikhat Zareen Aims for Olympic Redemption with New Personal Coach

Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen reflects on her disappointing Olympic campaign, and plans to return stronger with a personal coach. After exiting early from the competition, she is focusing on finding an overseas coach to enhance her skills and gain diverse boxing experience.

Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen opened up about her unexpected exit from the Olympics without a medal, asserting a strong comeback plan with a personal coach. She faced a tough competitor, Wu Yu from China, leading to her early departure from the 50kg women's boxing event.

Nikhat highlighted her challenges, including battling higher-seeded opponents. Despite having previously defeated several medalists, she could not advance this time. She intends to leverage international training to boost her performance and seek an overseas personal coach for a diverse boxing style experience.

As boxing's future in the Olympics faces uncertainties due to governance issues, Nikhat is watching closely for any changes in weight categories for future events. She wishes for the inclusion of the 52kg category, which remains her ideal fighting weight.

(With inputs from agencies.)